The weather is getting warmer and the wind is clear in Hanyang. Hong Jing, who originally thought there would be a big uproar, feels peaceful everywhere, and nothing happened that is worthy of trouble or worry.

There have never been more Confucian scholars kneeling at the gate of Changgyeonggung Palace, and there have never been more than a thousand. After a thousand, it is just over a thousand. It rained, and half of them were soaked away. The second one who persisted in the rain was left.

Tian fell ill and fell ill. It is said that because of this incident, the price of Qinggan Tongqi Decoction in Hanyang increased by one yuan.

Once upon a time, the grand occasion of thousands of people kneeling at the banquet has disappeared, and now only two or three kittens are still kneeling at the gate of Changgyeonggung Palace. This group of people feels like clocking in at work. They come here after breakfast early in the morning, and then the spring is warm.

When I was basking in the sun and kneeling until noon, there were actually people who left the show and went home to have lunch. After eating, they took a nap and came back in the afternoon.

In the evening, some servants came to pick them up, put the straw sandals and cushions between them, brought water and snacks, and took the Confucian scholars home to sleep. The next day, the cycle started again, and they were quite disciplined.

Don't call out or anything, just leave Hong Jing at the gate of the palace to disgust him!

That's good, anyway, Hong Jinglai didn't bother to talk to these people, so he just let them kneel down. At first, Li met the Confucian scholar representatives and tried to persuade them, but now he doesn't bother to care about these people, so you can do as you like.

Well. It’s not like I, Li Jian, is in charge of all the Eight Paths of Korea. If I don’t send the inner guards to drive you away, I’m already giving you face.

However, they were not useless. I don’t know what happened, but they finally found their way through the old mentor Cao Yunda. Teacher Cao came over and gave Hong Jinglai a few words of advice, saying that the matter was almost settled, so let’s

Come on, everyone, tell me, don't you want to restore farmers and good people? Each county can have hundreds more households, and the country can have tens of thousands more good people.

Everyone looks good, and you have gained both benefits and prestige, so they won’t be said to have suffered huge damage. It’s not like there is a change of dynasty, so there is no need to do things so absolutely.

When Hong Jing came, he knew that someone would come to persuade him. He just thought that these people would turn to our little feudal Taoist priest Jin Pingchun. Unexpectedly, the person who came to persuade him in the end was actually his old mentor Cao Yunda. There was no way to use the late king.

The ancestral precepts and feudal righteousness have blocked the little brother's stubborn mouth, but the old teacher is still very clever.

They are all thousand-year-old foxes, what kind of fairy tales are they playing?

The old mentor passed the message on behalf of others, and of course he came with sincerity. After all, Cao Yunda was also the right to discuss politics. It is impossible for such a big Buddha to come for trivial matters or insignificant people.

The condition is to cooperate with Hong Jing to inspect the academies, but each county must retain at least one academy and transfer all the fields under the name of the academy to this academy. Each county can appropriately clear out part of the land and re-establish it.

It must be registered in the country's tax-paying land register, and this amount can be discussed further.

In order to cooperate with the work of the imperial court, they were willing to donate 600,000 taels of silver as payment for Hong Jinglai's pen and ink. This was converted into a full 150,000 taels of silver, which already had a huge momentum.

Oh haha!

It's a bit interesting, but Hong Jing doesn't like it and doesn't need so much money. Now our ambition can no longer be changed with so much money.

Preserve your strength and wait for your future counterattack?

"How old is your old mentor this year?" Hong Jinglai asked with some hint.

"Sixty-one..." Cao Yunda replied subconsciously.

"I heard that my old mentor has a new grandson?"

"Ah..." The old mentor was Lao Jianghu after all, and he had already reacted.

The little old man who was originally very energetic suddenly became a lot depressed. How could he have imagined that this thing that should have been a sure thing would reach this point.

Hong Jinglai's power in Hanyang has gradually stabilized, and more and more officials are turning to the politics of the Hong family in Fengshan. We can even immediately remove 24 completely obedient secret censors and send them to Badao Qinghe Academy.

, the neutral Hanyang officials who originally needed to win over and be friendly to each other have had their value greatly reduced.

As the representative who initially held a neutral attitude towards Hong Jinglai, neither helping Li Wei to defend the city nor actively assisting Hong Jinglai in opening the city to surrender, Cao Yunda was a front figure among countless neutral groups.

When he first entered Hanyang, Hong Jinglai still needed these officials to maintain the operation of the entire Hanyang court. However, now that Hong Jing has become more powerful and has more subordinates, his reliance on these neutral officials has been greatly reduced.

Whether to use officials who are willing to follow him or those who hold a neutral attitude does not really need to be explained. Originally, Hong Jinglai was limited by his old mentor Cao Yunda and his teacher-student friendship in the imperial examination, so he could not mention this to him.

But now that Cao Yun has turned his back on him and wants to come over to be the lobbyist, it’s time for us to give him a try.

In order to prevent everyone from losing face in the future, it is the best choice for Cao Yunda to resign himself and return home. In this way, Hong Jinglai can not only give generous gifts to his old mentor, fulfill the kindness of master and apprentice, but also make Cao Yun

He handed over most of his political positions on the right side, and at the same time made it clear to all Hanyang neutral officials.

Either support me or be hostile!

Being a fence-sitter will really bring shame on you!

Cao Yunda, who showed his age in just a short moment, left with the support of Hong Jinglai. On the surface, he was still a close master and disciple. The two seemed to be very close. In fact, his family knew the truth.

Soon, Cao Yunda's glossary of the Right Councilor was delivered to the palace. Li Jing was quite surprised when he first saw the glossary. After thinking about it for a while, he finally came around. Hong Jinglai was trying to warn those opponents and fence-sitters.

, don’t be shameless, think about your weight.

The prime minister definitely didn't approve it just because he said he was resigning. Li Jian quickly understood and persuaded Cao Yunda to stay. First, he gave Cao Yunda a thousand stones of white rice, but Cao Yunda insisted. Then he gave a thousand pieces of cotton cloth, but he still resigned. So he approved it this time.

, he was given three thousand taels of banknotes and two hundred pieces of brocade to send Cao Yun back home.

Anyway, it was Hong Jinglai who paid for it, and Li Jing knew that Hong Jinglai was not stingy in this kind of thing at all. Hong Jinglai did pay for it happily, and even gave Cao Yunda 10,000 taels of silver in private.

Cao Yunda's son, who was an envoy in another county, was favored because of his father's resignation. He returned to the capital and was promoted to the title of Crown Prince Zanshan (Shangguan of Zhengsanpintang). After all, it was a literary family, and the court also wanted to prepare for the Crown Prince who might be born in the future.
Chapter completed!